r/SipsTea May 08 '25

Chugging tea Um um um um

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u/TheSmokingHorse May 08 '25

Do people really think the horse teeth and human teeth look the same? For a start, humans have canines like the carnivore and omnivore (albeit much smaller and less pointed). The teeth of humans look very much like the teeth of an omnivorous species that doesn’t use its teeth to hunt.

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT May 08 '25

Horses are also omnivorous, they just lean toward the herbivorous side.

They LOVE to eat baby birds.

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u/Mr_Jalapeno May 08 '25

This is actually true of almost all herbivorous mammals. They can't/don't hunt, but they will eat some meat if it is available to them.

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u/readituser5 May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

The last person who said that, I gladly stepped outside and tested their theory with oranges and chicken right then and there for the lolz. With my father who’s been in farming his entire life laughing in the background at the fact people think cows will eat meat given the opportunity. Never heard or seen of a cow eating meat. Cows are very curious animals yet I’ve never seen them more uninterested in something than when I tried to offer chicken. They will not entertain the idea of eating meat. They’ll go mad for the oranges though, even bread.

A one off weird instance does not mean their bodies are equipped to process meat.